HC Deb 18 June 1997 vol 296 cc216-7W
Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what will be the cost to his Department of ordering Trident missiles from the United States of America in US Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999. [3339]

Mr. Spellar

Final decisions have yet to be taken on further UK orders for Trident missiles. For an indication of missile costs, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. and learned Member for North-East Fife (Mr. Campbell) on 11 June 1997,Official Report, columns 486–87.

Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has to order Trident missiles from the United States of America in US Fiscal years 1998 and 1999. [3340]

Mr. Spellar

The present planning assumption is that the UK will order 7 missiles in each of US Fiscal years 1998 and 1999. This assumption will be tested during the Strategic Defence Review before final decisions are made.